Complete Animal Care

This Complete Animal Care Bundle includes Animal Care Level 2, Veterinary Support Assistant Level 3 and Animal Welfare Level 4. This course gives you a comprehensive and full understanding of animal care, covering the practical, scientific, legal and ethical aspects of caring for animals. During the Animal Care Level 2 course, you will look at the importance of quantity and timing of the feeding of animals, signs of ill health, the housing requirements of animals, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and much more. Meanwhile, in the Veterinary Support Assistant Level 3 course, you will examine the roles and responsibilities of Veterinary Surgeons, the basic structure and function of the nervous system, the role of infection in animal and human health, and more. Finally, in the Animal Welfare QLS Level 4 course, you will explore the codes of practice when it comes to animal welfare practice, dairy farming, the UK's most protected animals, protecting the marine environment and much more. All course materials will be delivered to you by post or via email, so it couldn't be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors will help you every step of the way. You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies, so you can work at your own pace. Completed coursework can be delivered by post or via email, so handing in an assignment is simple. It is ideal for:

• Students who want to develop their animal care, veterinary, and animal welfare knowledge
• Those aspiring to work or progress their career in the animal industry.

• Animal technician
• Equine groom
• Pest control surveyor
• Animal attendant
• Animal keeper
• Large animal technician
• Trainee zookeeper
• Contract animal technician
• Mammal keeper
• Primate care staff
• Animal care assistant
• Animal rehomer
• Pet health advisor
• Vet

Course Content

Animal Care Level 2

Module 1 Animal feeding

• Types of feeder
• Nutritional requirements
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Choosing and preparing food
• Quantity and timing of feeding

Module 2 Animal accommodation

• Housing requirements
• Bedding materials
• Fixtures and fittings
• Cleaning and maintaining
• Waste disposal

Module 3 Animal health

• Disease prevention
• Common diseases of dogs, cats and rabbits
• Endoparasites and ectoparasites
• Signs of ill health
• First aid procedures and remedies

Module 4 Handling, restraining and moving animals

• Why do we need to handle, restrain and move animals?
• Personal protective equipment
• Handling and restraint equipment
• Reducing stress

Module 5 Animal behaviour

• Normal behaviour
• Emotions
• Specific species
• Abnormal behaviour
• Stereotypic behaviour
• Observing behaviour
• Methods and recording
• Avoiding/reducing abnormal behaviour
• Environmental enrichment

Module 6 Animals in society

• Welfare needs
• How can we meet these needs?
• The Animal Welfare Act 2006
• Current legislation
• Animals in production
• Intensive farming
• Free-range farming
• Organic farming
• Animals in sport
• Animals as assistance

Unit 1 Animal welfare legislation

• Legislation
• Ethics: thinkers and theories
• Legislative Acts
• Codes of Practice
• The role of welfare organisations
• The Five Freedoms
• Animal welfare vs. animal rights

Unit 2 Animal welfare in related commercial businesses

• Animal welfare in veterinary practice
• Animal boarding establishments licence
• Animal breeding
• Pet shops

Unit 3 Animal welfare for farm animals

• Welfare legislation for farmed animals
• Welfare of pigs in the European Union
• Dairy farming
• Animal transportation

Unit 4 Welfare in animal collections

• Legislation for animal collections
• Rare and endangered species
• Laws on transportation of animals
• Assessing wild animal welfare
• Welfare of bears
• Welfare of elephants
• Welfare of wolves

Unit 5 Animal welfare and UK wildlife

• Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
• The UKs protected mammals
• Badger culling
• Dormouse decline
• Endangered birds
• Bat conservation

Unit 6 Marine welfare and conservation

• Protecting the marine environment
• Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
• Shark welfare
• Whale welfare
• Coral reef endangerment

Module 1 The roles of members of the veterinary team

• Roles and responsibilities of Veterinary Surgeons
• Roles of the Veterinary Nurse
• Roles of the Student Veterinary Nurse
• Essentials of the legal system
• Individual character and conscience

Module 2 Anatomy and physiology of dogs and cats

• Animal cell structure and cell function
• Basic structure and function of the nervous system
• The endocrine system
• The digestive system
• The urinary system
• The respiratory system
• The cardiovascular system
• The circulatory system

Module 3 Health and safety within the veterinary practice

• Principles of health and safety
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002
• Hazardous Waste Regulations, 2005
• Manual Handling Regulations, 1992

Module 4 Infection control in the veterinary practice

• The role of infection in animal and human health
• Principles of disease transmission in veterinary practice
• How to maintain a clean clinical environment
• Main groups of disinfectants

Module 5 Veterinary nursing support of diagnostic techniques

• Running a laboratory in a veterinary practice
• Emergency procedures
• General safety measures
• How to collect and prepare urine, faecal and blood samples
• How to carry out common laboratory tests
• Test results

Module 6 Understanding veterinary pharmacy

• Principles of pharmacy stock management
• The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
• Principles of safe dispensing
• Medication terms used in Pharmacology
• Absorption rate
• Drug formulations